My First School

A Memory of Castleton.

The year i started school at st Gabriels. I remember being carried up the hill by my mother and being met at the school entrance by Miss Cleary! She was a rather fat lady dressed all in brown and wearing a brown cardigan. Very welcoming i recall. but i was terrified and did'nt want to be there! I waited for playtime and took the opportunity to run away! I think i got within shouting distance of home before being caught by two of the bigger lads and taken back to school. So ended my bid for freedom! Hated the place from then on as i recall.